Indian Youth Congress will gherao the Parliament on March 16 to protest against the “dilution of the pro-farmer clauses” in the land Bill. IYC president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Saturday charged that the land Acquisition Act enacted by the previous UPA Government in 2013 was pro-farmer and had been adopted after taking all aspects into consideration.
Addressing a Press conference, he said, “The present Government was doing away with these provisions to appease the corporate sector.” lashing out at Akali Dal, BJP’s ally in Punjab, he said in case the Akali Dal was sincere, the party must adopt a resolution in the forthcoming Budget Session of the Assembly opposing amendments and incorporating all the suggestions its core committee had made earlier this week.
He made it clear that his party would move this resolution in the Assembly in case the Akali Dal fails to do so. Warring, a sitting Congress MlA from Gidderbaha Assembly, said the party would raise other issues concerning the people in the State during the session. He added the new Punjab Congress president would be announced after the return of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and said the decision in this regard is final.